Hamas is confiscating materials imported to the Gaza Strip for reconstruction and using them to rebuild its terror tunnels, Ynet reports today. Hamas has been commandeering building materials from Israel transferred into the Gaza Strip for reconstruction for the purpose of rebuilding its offensive ‘terror tunnels’, Ynet has learned from...
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Well-known Egyptian playwright and intellectual Ali Salem said in a television interview Wednesday night that Hamas, not Israel, was “the real enemy” of Egypt. The Jerusalem Post reports: Egyptian writer and playwright Ali Salem, who has a record of peaceful statements regarding Israel, said Israel is Egypt’s “friend” and Hamas...
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State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki, when asked today if the United States would support a proposed United Nations resolution that would set terms of a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, said that “it is not something that we would support.” The Times of Israel reports: Washington has seen the...
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After winning praise from critics in Israel and abroad, film-making team Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz are now celebrating a nod from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Their film, Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem, is a nominee for Best Foreign Film at the upcoming 72nd Golden Globe Awards to be broadcast...
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An Israeli start-up, Engie, has developed a system that not only diagnoses car troubles, but also recommends the least expensive repairs, according to a report yesterday on the Israeli financial website Globes. The company’s product has two parts – a device that attaches to a vehicle’s on-board computer (OBC) and has a Bluetooth component,...
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The parliament of the European Union voted today to reject the tactic of unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood, instead declaring that recognition should come as a result of negotiations. Reuters reports: Following a deal among the main parties, the motion carried by 498 votes to 88 stated: “(The European Parliament) supports...
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Prof. Zvi Bentwich has received a Grand Challenges in Global Health grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for his project in Ethiopia to wipe out parasitic worm infections. Bentwich, 78, is a longtime member of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s department of microbiology, immunology and genetics, and heads...
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In a profile published today of former Associated Press (AP) reporter Mark Lavie, the veteran journalist admitted that the “‘The Media’s’ response to Israel does not tolerate the truth if it is good.” Now retired after a 40-year career at NPR, NBC, the CBC and the AP, Lavie has become a critic of reporting generally and...
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Four Palestinian men and a woman who was planning to fake a pregnancy in order to carry out a suicide bombing were arrested for planning terror attacks, Israel’s internal security agency, the Shin Bet, announced yesterday according to a report in The Times of Israel. Five suspects hailing from Jenin...
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The recent Israeli natural gas finds could facilitate better ties between the Jewish state and “with energy-hungry Egypt, Jordan and even the Palestinian Authority,” according to a report Monday in The New York Times: While Israel’s gas consumption is growing fast, the domestic market is not large enough to fully...
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